A woman was taken to hospital after being rescued from the water in Blyth.

The volunteer RNLI crew were called by the Coastguard in the early hours of Friday morning after a person was spotted in the water at Blyth Bay.

Both of the Blyth RNLI inshore lifeboats were launched at 12.45am to search the shoreline along with Northumbria Police and quickly found the casualty.

The RNLI rescue a woman from the North Sea at Blyth Bay (Image: RNLI)

She was taken back to shore on the second lifeboat to receive fast medical attention before being handed over to the North East Ambulance Service who were standing by at Blyth RNLI Lifeboat Station along with the local UK Coastguard Unit.